Wordsworth for the young; selections with an introduction for parents and teachers (1891)
Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850, St. John, Cynthia Morgan, 1852-1919, comp · Boston, D. Lothrop company · leaf 57
Then did the little Maid reply, Seven boys and girls are we ;Two of us in the church-yard lie,Beneath the church-yard tree. You run about, my little Maid,Your limbs they are alive ;If two are in the church-yard laid,Then ye are only five. … Their graves are green, they may be seen,The little Maid replied, Twelve steps or more from my mothers door,And they are side by side. My stockings there I often knit,My kerchief there I hem ;And there upon the ground I sit.And sing a song to them. And often after sun-set, Sir,When it is light and…
Children's poetry, English
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